Hotmail replacement intimidatingly cool

02-08-12

HOTMAIL has been re-branded as the uber-cool Outlook, leaving many too intimidated to use it.

Open attachments the sexy way

Microsoft had been concerned that their webmail service had lost the ‘cool factor’ that is essential for things that send and receive electronic data, with many users defecting to the ultra-chic Gmail.

However the strikingly hip new Outlook, with its zeitgeisty picture of a woman on the sign-in page and trend-centric features as automated message-sorting, risks alienating those users who aren’t stylish and sexy.

Former Hotmail user Emma Bradford said: “Outlook is just too trendy for me. I stuck with Hotmail because I’m not a confident person who goes to yacht parties, like Gmail users.”